AL.com: Roy S. Johnson: Alabamians struggling to eat; state leaders must ensure people are fed

“No one in this nation should have to sweat or fret about food. Yet they do. No one should have to go without. Yet they do.” AL.com columnist Roy S. Johnson urges lawmakers to embrace Arise’s efforts to end the state grocery tax once and for all.

WBRC: Alabama child poverty rate lowest in state history

Pandemic EBT and other federal relief policies kept millions of Americans out of poverty last year. “We need to make the Child Tax Credit [expansion] permanent, and we need to do it as quickly as we can,” Arise’s Carol Gundlach tells WBRC Fox 6 News in Birmingham.

Further reading:

Alabama Today

Cutoff News 

Selma Sun

Alabama Political Reporter: 20-plus community groups pen open letter to Hyundai over alleged child labor

“Alabama has given up tax dollars to help support the Hyundai manufacturing plant and suppliers. We are asking for more accountability for all employers who receive subsidies and profit from state investments,” Arise’s Robyn Hyden tells the Alabama Political Reporter.

Further reading:

Fox 54, Huntsville

AL.com: Death penalty opponents deliver petitions ‘to pull back curtain’ on Alabama executions 

Arise joined partners from across Alabama last month to urge state officials to #PullBackTheCurtains on executions. AL.com was there as Arise’s Robyn Hyden joined the call for more transparency.

Capitol Journal: September 2, 2022

"We want to make sure that every Alabamian has the ability to go to the doctor when they need to," Arise's Jane Adams tells Capitol Journal. Watch her full interview on how Medicaid expansion would help low-paid workers across Alabama starting at the 35:40 mark.

Alabama Political Reporter: Opinion: Worker-centered policies make Alabama better for everyone